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Con los 15 votos de los magistrados de la Corte Suprema de Justicia fue elegido director del Instituto de Medicina Legal (IML), el doctor Pedro Hernán Martínez Vásquez. Hasta hoy él había estado fungiendo en ese cargo de forma interina. El acuerdo fue tomado en la sesión de Corte Plena esta mañana, confirmó el magistrado Óscar López Jerez, quien está fungiendo como presidente de la Corte Suprema por decisión legislativa tomada el 1 de mayo luego de destituir a tres magistrados inclu...

>> pitbull! >> as pitbull, armando builds a massive miami following. he picks up the moniker, mr. 305 after the citys area code. ♪ >> the cuban and caribbean flavors of his hometown, peppered with colorful slang, influence the sound of pitbulls 2004 debut solo album, "miami." >> if it wasnt for that atmosphere, i couldnt have started my musical career. >> three more albums follow. pitbulls music matures and so does his image. baggy pants and baseball caps are traded for tightly tailored suits....

More than anything, interesting. youre talking about the 80s in miami. everybody was involved, i would say, in extracurricular activities. >> everyone, including armandos father. for a time in his teens, armando follows his fathers footsteps into drug dealing. >> ive never been a thug, ive never been a gangster, but ive been a hustler. >> but armandos cuben expatriate dad imparts some useful lessons too. in miamis little havana, he encourages the boy to recite the works of cuban poet, jose marti...

Together. and to me the world cup is the beginning of that journey. all of this an a dream. the world cup is just the beginning. >> to hook up with the world cup is the biggest global audience that you can get. >> but the audience closest to armandos heart is found at a school in miamis inner city. sports leadership and management academy, or s.l.a.m. is a charter school with a sports themed curriculum armando helped create. he advocates for the school and motivates its students. >> do you guys ...

In miamis little havana, he encourages the boy to recite the works of cuban poet, jose martine. >> that was the first time ive seen how powerful words were. so being five years old and being able to move a bar full of people over one poem, it was definitely mind blowing for me, obviously, but it also shows me what my mother has always told me, the pen is mightier than the sword. >> armandos mother, always a strong presence in his life, tries to steer him away from the drug trade, pervasive in th...

Partnerships with kodak, vodka, bud light, and dodge, among others. >> hes perfect. >> he has that fragrance line for men and women. ownership in a restaurant franchise, and most recently, a deal with playboy enterprises to partner on projects. >> hes used these companies to help break his songs. he has taken an equity interest in the vodka company, so hes more invested in it than just being a spokesperson. >> looking ahead, armando soon kicks off a concert tour with enrique iglesias. hes got hi...

Im going to tell you whats going on in your house right now. i know, i feel you. been there, done that. if we catch them at that age, mold their minds, teach them what it is to be motivated, self-inspired, believe in themselves. because coming from the neighborhoods that we came from, nobody believes in us. this is changing the world, literally. little, by little. >> his message is always positive. its always about education. you need to study, you need to be good for yourself. dont let anybody ...

Little son," come here, "you are what makes us proud out there." you keep doing what you do. an 85-year-old woman telling you that. that means the world to me. because now i know that were making the right decisions and they know that im not perfect. they know my story. >> theres one more chapter armando hopes to include in the story of pitbull. a concert performance in a free cuba. >> when cuba opens, i can perform. when i can do that, oh, man, first of all, youre going to have to stop me from ...

It and then get it, and they do exactly what theyre supposed to do with that word, create their own destiny, build opportunity, use the freedom that this beautiful country gives to us, thats what this is about. >> its that cuban american sense of opportunity and obligation that seem to drive armandos ambition. >> being cuban, a lot of our mentalitys like that, meaning, well start making the sandwiches and then well own the restaurant. well clean the shoes and then own the shoe store. we clean th...

Drug trade, pervasive in the neighborhoods of his youth. >> when did it come to you to say, you know what, this aint the life? im not about this life. >> a transaction was made, and me being greedy, okay, i was maybe 17, and i had did something to the product, that i shouldnt have done. and i almost killed that person, over $20. so i said. if i could do this to somebody like that, this isnt right. >> the experience profoundly impacts armando. he turns away from the hustle and toward rapping. >> ...